Uttar Pradesh transfers 15 IAS officers in administrative reshuffle
Anurag Srivastava is named Agriculture Production Commissioner as the state redistributes portfolios following the retirement of Deepak Kumar.
The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a major administrative reshuffle involving 15 IAS officers on Saturday, October 31, 2026, according to NorthBlockSouthBlock. The changes cover departments including agriculture, finance, infrastructure, civil aviation, irrigation, vigilance, and rural development.
Following the retirement of 1990-batch officer Deepak Kumar, Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal, a 1989-batch officer, has been given additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary of the Civil Aviation Department. Anurag Srivastava, a 1992-batch officer, has been appointed Agriculture Production Commissioner and will continue to oversee several departments.
Alok Kumar-II, a 1993-batch officer, has been named Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner. He will also hold additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary of the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department and the NRI Department, and serve as Chairman of the Projects and Infrastructure Corporation of Uttar Pradesh.
Other key appointments include M. Devraj, who receives additional charge of the State Vigilance Commission and Administrative Tribunal, and Alok Kumar-III, who is assigned additional responsibility for the Finance Department, Institutional Finance, and External Aided Projects. Ajay Chauhan, Principal Secretary of the Public Works Department, has been given additional charge as CEO of the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority.
Yogesh Kumar has been appointed Managing Director of the Pradeshik Cooperative Dairy Federation, while Amit Kumar Singh will serve as Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural). Additionally, the government has withdrawn the charge of External Aided Projects from Pandhari Yadav, Principal Secretary of the Science and Technology Department.